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COAL SCUTTLE.

No. 305,119. vPmnmd sept. 16, 1884.

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JAMES VAN HAGEN, OF TROY, NEVVYORK.'

COAL-SCUTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 305,119, dated September 16, 1884.

Application filed January 23, 15184. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, .IAMEs VAN HAGEN, of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented certain Improve- .ments in Coal-Scuttles and other Portable Receptacles for Coal, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in scuttles and other portable utensils for containing coal or other substances; and the object of my invention is to afford facilities'for introducingashoxeLfoLtheremoAaliQfsmall... quantities of coal from the scuttle without incurring the danger of scattering the coal from the scuttle onto the floor. I attain this object by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, and in whieh- Figure l is a longitudinal section of a coalscuttle containing my improvements; Fig. 2, a rear elevation, and Fig. 3 a plan view, of the same.

As represented in the drawings, A is the bodyof a coal-scuttle provided with my iniprovements, and said body may be made substantially as shown, or in any other form that is preferred, and of any size desired. Said body has in one of its sides-*preferably the rearmost one-an opening, B, of suicient size for introducing a coal shovel or scoop therein. The lower side of said opening is on a plane with the-bottom plate, a, and the said bottom plate is extended outward-through the openf ing B-for the purpose of forming an external shelf, Z), which has a standing flange, b', at its outermost edge, and side'pieces, b2, at each side of the opening B. Said flange and side pieces are provided for the purpose'of preventing the coal from falling off of' the shelf b. An internal hood, C, which corresponds to the width of the opening B, and inclines downwardly, as shown in Fig. 1, is fixed above the opening B, and is provided with side pieces, c, at each side of said opening, the side pieces, b2 ande, being arranged iu line with each other on the opposite sides of the opening B, and form side walls for said opening to prevent any discharge of coal at those points.' The rearmost edge of the hood C is kept slightly above the top of the opening B, so as to afford a good hold for the hand at that point when the scuttle is used in the ordinary mannerv for pouring coal out through the spout a'. The handle, commonly placed at the rearmost side of the scuttle, is dispensed with in this form of'scuttle; but the bail or handle D, by which the scuttle is usually carried, is retained. The innermost edge of the hood C should be arranged at a sufficient distance from the front part of the body A to permit the coal to run freely therethrough, and the rearmost edge of the shelf b should be fixed at `a .proper distance from the front edge of said hood to prevent the ooalwhicl1 will follow the usual angle of flow, from falling over the rear edge of said shelf, and the standing flange b will render valuable aid to that end by preventing the shovel from dragging the coal, which lies beneath it, over the rear end of said shelf.

Vhenever it is required to remove a small quantity of the coal from the scuttle, a small shovel is inserted into the scuttle through the opening B, and the required quantity can thus be removed from the supply lying on the bottom plate, a, without creating any disturbance of the superimposed coal that will cause the latter to fall out of the scuttle. As fast as the coal is removed by the shovel from off the bottom plate, a, the overlying supply will fall down to fill its place, and in this manner the entire contents of the scuttle may be removedv in a very cleanly manner without lifting the scuttle from the floor. By elongating the form of the scuttle from front -to rear the hood G can be correspondingly lengthened, so as to dispense with the external shelf, b,- butin such ease I preferably carry the body ofthe scuttle, at the bottom of the opening B, slightly above the bottom plate, a, and thereby I produce a standing fiange at the bottom of said opening in vplace of the flange b.

I am aware that eoal-scuttles have heretofore been made with rear openings near their bottoms, said openings having external IOO ing B, an external shelf, b, having a standing .vertical sides of the opening B, as and for the iiange, b', at its rearmosb edge, and side pieces, purpose herein specified. b2, and au internal hood, C, placed above, and

f T T VV T Corresponding in Width With, the opening B, JAMES Am HAG EN 5 and having side pieces., c, as herein set forth, Witnesses:

the side pieces, b2 and c, being ranged'n line WM. H. LOW,

with each other to conform to the opposite S. B. BREWER. 

